Picasso oil creates art auction record at $179mA Picasso oil painting from 1955 smashed the record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction when it soared to $179.4 million at Christie's on Monday. The auction house had estimated "Les femmes d'Alger (Ve More… |
$85,000 Picasso silver plate stolen from Miami fairA silver plate made by famed Spanish artist Pablo Picasso was stolen overnight from a Miami art fair, Art Miami Show Director Nick Korniloff said on Friday. The piece, called Visage aux Mains (Face with Hands), was one of 20 made More… |
Citroёn Grand C4 Picasso launched in EgyptEzz Elarab Automotive Group, the exclusive agent for Citroёn in Egypt, has launched the new Citroёn Grand C4 Picasso available now at all its showrooms across the country. The newly styled Grand C4 Picasso builds on Citroёn’ More… |
Picasso lithographs on show at Etihad’s Paris loungeAbu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways is showcasing lithographs from the Marina Picasso Legacy Collection in a new art exhibition at its premium lounge at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. The lithographs come from the More… |
Picasso fetches $45m at Sotheby's saleA Pablo Picasso portrait of his mistress and "golden muse" Marie-Therese Walter sold for 28.6 million pounds ($45 million) on Tuesday, leading an important Sotheby's auction of impressionist, modern and surrealist art. More… |
Paris thieves steal paintings worth $124mArt thieves stole paintings by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Amedeo Modigliani and two other well-known artists from a Paris museum in a heist worth 100 million euros ($124.2 million). Officials from the Musee d'Art More… |
Saadiyat to inspire new era of rapproachmentThe emergence of the cultural district of Saadiyat Island, the 27 sq km island lying offshore the capital of the UAE, is heralding a new era of cross-cultural rapprochement, according to one of America’s most distinguished art historians. More… |
Abu Dhabi to showcase Picasso masterpiecesThe Arab world’s first exhibition of the works of Pablo Picasso, spanning all periods and styles in the career of the 20th century’s signature artist, is to open in Abu Dhabi. It is being held under the patronage of Crown Prince of Abu Dha More… |
Abu Dhabi to host major Picasso expoAn exceptional selection of works of Pablo Picasso, spanning all periods and styles in the career of the 20th century’s signature artist, will be presented in Abu Dhabi in the first major Picasso exhibition ever mounted in the Middle East. More… |